On the Shoulders of Giants

Hardcover 6" x 9" 476 Pages Written by: Rabbi Shmuel Bloom Published by: Artscroll Gedolei Yisrael. Highly-placed politicians. Dedicated activists. And you and me and every Jew. They are all here, in an unforgettable eyewitness account. In the more than five decades that he was involved in Agudath Israel of America, rising from a member of their youth group to the Executive Vice President of the organization, Rabbi Shmuel Bloom encountered literally thousands of fascinating people: gedolei Yisrael, dedicated askanim, politicians from all sides of the political spectrum, and so many "just plain Jews" - who proved, by their actions, that there is no such thing as a "just plain Jew." Rabbi Bloom met with gedolim at Agudah events, at meetings of the Moetzes Gedolei Torah, and in quiet, urgent conferences. He chatted with them in cars and on Shabbos afternoons at conventions. Here we will hear stories, many of them not widely known, of generations of greatness: from the Chafetz Chaim